Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-06-25
CARDINAL GIBBONS AND DR..
MCGLYNN.

The Commercial Advertiser, n. Y,
reports that Cardinal Gibbons
position in the McGlynn case is SIM
ply this: He likes DIR. McGlynn
personally and does not condemn
him for advocating general property
in land, for that doctrine has not
yet been pronounced heretical by
the Pope, speaking ex-cathedra but
he does blame DR.. McGlynn for
rebelling against his ecclesiastical
superior and dabbling in politics to
an extent unbecoming his priestly
character.
There is charity in that which all
can commend. The christian shows
his faith by love and kindness to his
enemies as we'll as his friends for
does not the Heavenly Father do
the same; and is the creatures
Justice greater than the Creators
Hundreds of pious and sanity (D
souls, religious and lay, and the
archangels and ministering spirits
to ecclesiastical thrones, editors and
writer's OF the religious press,) have
We'd with each other in denouncing,
abusing and condemnlng DR.. Nc
Glynn's course, thinking they were
rendering service thereby to God
and the Church. Cardinal Gibbons,
with as much learning, piety and
standing in the christian belief and
practice as any of the religious mob
that hounds to death and perdition
those who differ with them political
~, has nothing but piety and SYM
pathy for his erring brother. That's
Christ-like. Abuse drives men from
one evil to another. Kind disap.
prevail wins the erring soul back to
grace and more righteous ways.
The men who want to SUBDUE by
the force of their WILL and AU-
THoRITY are tyrants though they
be clothed in the soft down of
lambs wool and anointed with the
Blood of the Divine Shepherd Him.
self. He is the true Shepherd and
Pastor of souls, who, if he cannot
find the lost sheep or cannot bring
him back, let's him go in peace and
hope and trust instead of heaping
curses upon his hayward head. If
Christ is the "good PASTOR" ever
ready to welcome and forgive the
repentant soul, why should his min
isUers deal out the law and justice
with iron hands7 "Dr. McGlynn
is going to hell might have sound
ed just and consistent with the
teaching of the church three hun
bred years ago, but in this age when
the gospel of love and charity has
been preached through the whole
world, it sounds heathenish, and
even If true, is out of place in the
mouth of a christian. Cardinal
Gibbons has shown himself an able
and fearless defender of faith, an
independent and patriotic son of
America, before the very courts of
Rome. 1t has taken the world by
surprise. His religion and his
patriotism went together to the
Eternal City. The Church in Amer,
lea and the Church in Rome were
the same, but American institutions,
sentiments and opinions were
another thing. The people rule in
America and the country is free.
The essentials of faith and doctrine
are the same the world over, but in
non essentials American thought is
unfettered, unbound, free and bold
as the emblem of our country over
its mountain beights,-liberal and
progressive beyond the comprehen-
sion Of the old-world time, custom
and tradition servers. America has
received all from Europe she cares
to have. This country is no over.
grown child, that she has to run
home to her mother to tattle every
little secret, or to seek a refuge be-
hind the maternal chair in the
everyday scuffles Of life. Our
fathers fought their own battles, and
we have the inheritance of the
brave. That's the idea Cardinal
Gibbons tried to impress prudently
and silently in the McGlynn- Cor
rigan row, and it's the right one, the
only one, and it is AMERICAN